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AirTV
Contracts For Four Satellites From Alcatel
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Alcatel
Space has signed a US$1.2
billion contract contract
with AirTV Holdings Ltd to build a global satellite
dedicated to delivering
live television and Internet links to passengers aboard long-haul
commercial jets. AirTV plans to deploy a worldwide direct broadcast satellite
service to deliver live, multi-channel television and audio
programming to aircraft. AirTV, based in Britain’s Channel Islands and in New
York, has secured three orbital slots from the government of
Canada and one from the Sultanate of Brunei.
Alcatel Space, has completed the system design and will be
responsible for the turnkey delivery of the overall space
segment, including:
four high-power S-band geostationary satellites delivered
in orbit, the comprehensive ground control segment for the
satellites, including satellite control centers, and telemetry,
tracking & command (TT&C) stations, and several
uplink stations to transmit programming to aircraft. An
announcement concerning the selection of a launch services
provider will be made at a later date.
The four AirTV satellites will be based on the Spacebus
platform, and will be assembled and integrated in Alcatel Space's
clean rooms, located in Cannes (France) and Toulouse (France). The
3,800 kg satellites will provide 8 kW of power over an operational
life of 12 years. The satellites will provide global coverage (over the oceans
as well as over the Earth's landmass) of up to forty live
television channels and up to 300 audio channels providing
multi-language programming. AirTV aircraft antennas are to
be manufactured by BAE Systems Canada.
AirTV expects its worldwide service to commence in the year
2003. The companies also
signed a Memorandum of Agreement, which calls for Alcatel Space's
operating arm, Spacecom, to become one of the strategic partners
of AirTV in the first round of financing to be announced later
this year.
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